Club Rugby
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Club Rugby news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHumberstone puts the boot in
Doncaster …35 Newcastle …26 DONCASTER ended preseason on a winning note, beating a youthful but competitive Newcastle Falcons side. On what...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBig try count is worry for Jackman
Dragons …16 Glasgow…40 ITlooks like a long season is ahead for new Dragons head coach Bernard Jackman after his side shipped...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoWASPS
Director of Rugby: Dai Young Captain: Joe Launchbury Ground: Ricoh Arena Capacity: 32,600 Regular crowds of up to 25,000 at the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRichmond set for the drop. Sorry!
Former England scrum-half and London Scottish coach Pete Richards looks ahead to the Greene King Championship season Super talent: Bristol signing...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoChiefs’ maul strikes but Blues hit back
By ROB COLE Cardiff Blues…21 Exeter …20 IF anyone is going to strip the Chiefs of their Premiership title this season...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoO’Connor aims to be great again
Brendan Gallagher looks at James O’Connor’s challenge Stade Felix Mayol or the AJ Bell Stadium? The dazzling Med or misty Manchester?...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHeald hopes his Lions can roar louder
NATIONAL LEAGUE 2 NORTH PREVIEW Leicester Lions are hoping to challenge for promotion after finishing on the podium last season but...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWarriors run out of gas at the end
By SAM JACKSON Worcester …26 Munster …35 WORCESTER leaked two tries at the death to see Munster snatch victory at SIxways...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoWORCESTER
Director of Rugby: Gary Gold Captain: Donncha O’Callaghan Ground: Sixways Stadium Capacity: 11,499 There is a reluctance to write off a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoIt won’t be a cakewark for Cov’s cash warns Brightwell
NICK VERDIER previews the battle for promotion from National One where big-spending Coventry start as favourites Birmingham Moseley back-rower Chris Brightwell...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoNine-try Saints go marching on to Twickers
By CALLUM DUNN Northampton…55 Ulster…15 NORTHAMPTON will head into their Premiership season high on confidence after this nine try demolition of...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoIt’s Saracens for me if they can avoid distractions
JEREMY GUSCOTT’S VERDICT The competitiveness of the Premiership is what gets me excited every year and this season is no different....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSamoan Test star Leo buys into Stortford’s low-budget values
By ANDY LINES THEY will have the smallest budget of any club in National League Division One, but newly-promoted Bishop’s Stortford...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTuilagi back with his big hits and high hopes
By STEVE KENNY Leicester…40pts Ospreys …14pts MANU Tuilagi came through his first start since New Year’s Day to give himself a...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBATH
Head Coach: Todd Blackadder Captain: Matt Garvey Ground: Recreation Ground Capacity: 14,500 Bath are the Premiership’s great pretenders, having not won...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoAgony of final loss will help us next time says Haskell
Nick Verdier talks to a Wasps player eager to help end the club’s trophy drought Lessons learned: James Haskell believes Wasps...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSquad depth holds the key for Chinnor
NATIONAL LEAGUE 2 SOUTH PREVIEW Chinnor boss Matt Williams is fully aware logic makes his side favourites to go up this...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSarries may call for their Lions to bite the Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Saracens …49 Timisoara …0 SARACENS face a tough call on whether to involve any of their returning Lions...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoCheekie chappie Jack set to learn
NEALE HARVEY looks at the tussle for the No.9 spot at Exeter Chiefs Big future: Jack Maunder clears the ball for...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWallabies fire out a warning to Wales
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I WROTE last week how Wales must look at this year’s Rugby Championship and take...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGloucester power tells in second half
By JAMES CANDY Gloucester…40 Scarlets …21 GLOUCESTER went through the gears to complete their pre-season programme with a convincing win over...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoEXETER
Director of Rugby: Rob Baxter Captain: Jack Yeandle Ground: Sandy Park Capacity: 12,600 Having won the crown for the first time...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoIt’s Munster for the title with Scarlets chasing them
AFTER a long summer of negotiations, the Guinness PRO14 begins on Friday and I’ve nailed my colours to the mast with...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHartpury so close to a mighty scalp
By JAMES CANDY Gloucester …41 Hartpury …33 CALLUM Braley spared Gloucester’s blushes as they escaped with a narrow win over Championship...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoGLOUCESTER
Director of Rugby: David Humphreys Captain: Willi Heinz Ground: Kingsholm Capacity: 16,500 The arrival of tightheads Fraser Balmain and Gareth Denman...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoThe Bok who gave Meads his toughest challenge
THROUGHOUT his career Colin Meads was frequently asked who his toughest and most feared opponent was and although the likes of...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBath will need to step up for Tigers
Leinster …25 Bath …17 LEINSTER made it two from two against West Country opposition, backing up last week’s success over Gloucester...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoHARLEQUINS
Under John Kingston there’s been tilting of the tactical axis at the Stoop, with more emphasis on the systematic and less...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBargoed. 20 Ebbw Vale. 24
By DARREN DAVIDSON LEWIS Dennett stepped off the Ebbw Vale replacements bench and became an instant hit as he kicked eight...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLEICESTER
Director of Rugby: Matt O’Connor Captain: Tom Youngs Ground: Welford Road Capacity: 25,800 Leicester have assembled one of the most potent...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoNeck injury forces Will Fraser to retire
Will Fraser has announced his retirement from professional rugby after failing to recover from a neck injury. The Saracens openside has...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoAmerican international signs for London Scottish
London Scottish have added international quality to their front-row after completing the signing of American tighthead Dino Waldren. Waldren has earned...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoClass tells from Faf but Cockerill pleased his new boys ‘puggy-up’
By ALEXANDER MCLEMAN Edinburgh …20 Sale …24 EDINBURGH flashed glimpses of a possible reversal of fortunes but ultimately Richard Cockrill’s first...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCoventry …57 Broadstreet…24
COVENTRY, fielding a largely development academy side, proved too strong for city neighbours Broadstreet, who were promoted back to National Two...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCoventry …50 Sale FC …0
FULL-BACK James Stokes claimed a first half hattrick to set up an eight-try win over a Sale side that narrowly missed...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBrits hits treble to steady Sarries ship
By MATT WRIGHT VETERAN hooker Schalk Brits grabbed a hat-trick as Saracens eventually showed their class against a dogged Bedford side...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoExiles exposed by Blues flier Summerhill
By LUKE JARMYN L Scottish…23 Cardiff Blues …34 A HAT-TRICK from wing Aled Summerhill set up this opening warm-up game victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoShelve the axes, players have a right to choose
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE NATIONAL dual contract system isn’t perfect, but without it Welsh rugby would be signficantly...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMartin’s right to be excited about his new product
I’VE ALREADY said in my column ahead of the new season that I’m hugely excited about the Guinness PRO14 kicking off....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHuge plus seeing our young lads triumph in South Africa
ANY WIN over a major rugby nation should be celebrated in Wales and that’s why I was delighted to see our...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSaints strike late to rescue victory in Scotland
By ALEXANDER MCLEMAN Glasgow …19 Northampton…14 TWO tries in the final five minutes clawed back victory for Northampton and spoiled Dave...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBig task ahead for Ackermann
By NEIL FLEMING Leinster …50 Gloucester …14 IT might have been only a pre-season game but Johan Ackermann saw what he...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoStar-studded Irish ready for step up
By ROB STEEL London Irish …29 Ealing …6 LONDON Irish got a big morale booster two weeks from the start of...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGrayson junior states his case at Saints
By SAM JACKSON Northampton…32 Nottingham …21 NORTHAMPTONkicked off their busy two-game week with a win against Nottingham on Thursday at Franklin’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoChampagne rugby from Exeter’s forgotton centre Campagnaro
By ROGER PANTING Red hot: Exeter centre Michele Campagnao. Right: Sarel Pretorious scores for Dragons PICTURE: Pinnacle TEAMS EXETER: Bodilly, Woodburn...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHeavy artillery rolls through to give Harrison armchair ride
By COLIN NEWBOULT Leicester …47 Treviso …12 THIS convincing seventry victory set an ideal benchmark for Matt O’Connor’s troops to build...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRandall runs rings around Rosslyn Park
By TOM LYONS Hartpury …66 Rosslyn Park …12 HARTPURY College were back at their attacking best yesterday scoring ten tries on...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWarriors muscled out by Moseley lock stars
By ROGER PANTING Moseley…24 Worcester …15 WORCESTER suffered an embarrassing defeat in the incessant rain at Billesley Common but Moseley’s victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoExeter class tells in the end as Pirates battle on
Exeter …47 C Pirates…15 AN OMINOUS opening of two scrum batterings led to Carl Rimmer crashing over in just the third...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoYarde ‘hurt’ by Eddie’s snub says Kingston
By GARY FITZGERALD Harlequins…47pts Jersey Reds…21pts JOHN Kingston admits Marland Yarde is “hurting” after being snubbed by Eddie Jones again for...
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